Queenie only managed to record once around the master room. She turned to look at Catelyn, her eyes burning with hostility. "Where did you hide your little boyfriend?""I don't understand who you mean by that, but I don't have any more patience for you."Queenie did not buy this. "If you don't have a secret lover, then who finished the two plates of sandwiches on the table? Why were you so nervous when I came to your room?""Hello. Is this the police? I'm a tenant at Ocean Path Residence, and someone had broken into my place."Yes, please send someone over immediately," Catelyn no longer hesitated as she immediately called the cops, her gaze unwavering with ferocity.Queenie gritted her teeth and cursed under her breath before leaving, her jaws clenched tightly.Catelyn quickly locked her door and returned to the master room."Cedrick?" Catelyn snuck her head out of her window to check.This was the fifth floor!However, after carefully looking around, including the walls and
Ollie had slipped into a body of water when he was just a toddler, which became a core memory for him. Ever since then, he had a deep fear of water that could not be relieved.He even refused to learn how to swim.Cedrick attempted a few times to coax and force him to learn before, but his effort was all in vain. Plus, Albert made an excuse that Ollie was still too young for it.However, Cedrick wanted to make Ollie pick up on his swimming skills this time."It's because he's scared of water that he should be learning how to swim."Ollie had gotten more rebellious and out of control recently, but his body was generally weaker because he was a premature baby, so Cedrick could never physically punish him.Since that was the case, he could well use the events that Ollie was in fear of to threaten to fix his lying tendencies. Otherwise…he would need to go for swimming lessons.Cedrick's chin raised condescendingly. The afternoon sun shone into the room, and he looked even more deter
It was the same porridge as the one Maia had ordered when she came by, and it tasted just the same. With spring onions on top as garnish, it looked delectably appetizing.Miles was hungry, sure, but he could not give in to Cedrick.Cedrick seemed to have seen it through him before he snickered and walked away. Even though Ollie had given him quite a fair bit of trouble recently, he somehow found his son…adorable.Miles took a deep breath of relief after he left. His gemstone-like eyes blinked as he said, "I'd like to eat, Grandpa Albert.""Alright, Young Master Ollie. Here, Grandpa Albert will feed you."Albert was always soft-hearted toward him.…On the other hand, Catelyn was suing Queenie for breaking into her home illegally.With Queenie taken away by the police, Jamie had arranged for a lawyer to speak to Catelyn, wishing to resolve this matter in peace.Catelyn told the lawyer that she could withdraw the charges under the condition that Jamie Mason would never show up i
Ezekiel was later caught in a messy trial, and Jamie knew that he could not marry Catelyn.The thought that all his hard work had gone down the drain made Jamie a bitter man, thus he used the fact that Ezekiel was in trouble and forced Catelyn to the hotel.That night, he walked along the corridor when a woman immediately leaped into his embrace. As the woman dragged him into the room, he caught a whiff of that familiar gardenia-scented perfume, and something clicked in his mind.The room was dark when it all happened, but when daylight came the next day, Jamie woke up to an empty bed.He assumed that Catelyn had scurried away because she was shy.He thought that Stella and Catelyn would struggle after the wreckage of their family, that they would plead for Catelyn to be his lover. He did not expect, however, that Catelyn would not give in and even hid her pregnancy from him.Catelyn laid low in BrightGene for four whole years and hid away from him the entire time.If it was not
Jamie's face twitched in pain as he turned, only to notice a man in a pink shirt was next to them."I was thinking who this was. It's one of the little Masons!"Did Cedrick Mason not teach you manners? How are you hitting girls now?" Edwin, wearing a flamboyant floral shirt, smirked devilishly at Jamie.The veins on Jamie's forehead pulsed. "Edwin Atherton?""Catelyn is under my care. Which hand of yours landed on her?""Catelyn is my ex-girlfriend, Edwin! She—""Looks like both your hands did, then."Before Jamie could take a good look at Edwin's action, Edwin flipped Jamie over and slammed him to the ground with a loud thud.Jamie was just discharged from the hospital even though he was not ready to, and his ribcage had not fully recovered. At this moment, the excruciating pain was almost killing him.Jamie climbed up from the ground, his whole body covered in mud as he glared daggers at both Jamie and Catelyn defiantly. "You… You…!""Beat it." Edwin dusted his hands, his e
Catelyn, although initially swayed by Edwin's offer, decided to decline his offer after hearing that last part."I'm sorry, but I can't help you with that."Edwin's flirty eyes widened as he said, "There's no advantage to you if you decline.""It's none of my business who Cedrick decided to have a beef with. If I accept your offer and don't fulfill my promise, it'll be hard for me."Edwin grinned; gone was his nonchalant expression. He passed the invitation card to her again and patted her hair like he would with a little girl."I was just kidding with you! Lola is just a relative, and I'm not in any position to interfere. I just happened to hear that Ollie loves you very much, and I'm impressed meeting you today."Catelyn stared as Edwin smoothed her hair. Why…did it feel like a pet being groomed?She edged to the side, her expression calm and collected."I'm flattered."Edwin was the eldest son of the Atherton family's branch, but he had left the family when he was younger a
Standing before the mirror, Catelyn adjusted her gown slightly. She lifted her chin a little and looked at the woman in the mirror who was being groomed. She had an illusion that this was not the world that she lived in.She remembered how four years ago, she would wear pretty gowns like this to attend all sorts of functions.Over the past four years, she had lived so pathetically that she almost could not recognize herself.…Cedrick had received the same dinner invitation, too, which was organized by the retiring Mister James. In fact, he had invited the elders of the Mason family and Clark family. However, the elders pushed the invitation to the younger generation in their family instead.Thus, Cedrick would be entering the hall with Maia.Maia knew that she had left a very bad impression of herself to Cedrick that day at the Mason Estate, and she intended to salvage that.Hence, before the dinner, she deliberately put on a fair bit of makeup, and she looked captivating. She
However, Maia was sure that the man that night was not Cedrick Mason, and the room she was in was not Room 520 either.It had been four years. Why was Cedrick digging into this?Was he trying to investigate her past?Ever since she got engaged to Cedrick, Maia had been loyal to him and only him.Maia frantically flipped through the stack of papers. The information collected was quite comprehensive, and other than related documents and photos, there were even videos.Everything from the moment Cedrick entered Four Seasons Hotel was recorded, including the staff who entered and left the hotel.Her gaze finally fell and fixated on one of the snapshots of the surveillance footage.The girl in the snapshot was…Catelyn!The snapshot from the surveillance footage at the restaurant opposite Four Seasons Hotel showed that Catelyn was there at the hotel that night, too.What kind of coincidence was that?Could Catelyn be the girl Cedrick was looking for?No… This could not be!The Cl